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Definition of Hejira noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Hejira

noun
 
/ˈhedʒɪrə/,
 
/hɪˈdʒaɪrə/
 
/ˈhedʒɪrə/,
 
/hɪˈdʒaɪrə/
(also Hegira)
(also Hijra)
[singular]
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  1. (usually the Hejira)
     the occasion when Muhammad left Mecca to go to Medina in AD 622
  2. the period that began at this time; the Muslim era
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